Improvement in privies



I F, RIEDEL. Improvement in Privies. No. 115,239. Patented May 23,1871.

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Beitknown that I,FRANK.RIEDEL, Of SanFrancisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of .Oalifornia, have invented certain new and useful ImprovmeutsimHoteLPrivies and Tide hereby declare that thefollowing is a full andexaot description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawing andfto thefletters of reference marked thereon. i

:Thisinvention relates to. additional improvements in thatclass of privies for which Letters Patent of the United Stateswere "a H wed to me January 4, 1871, and isintended to be employed principally in and 1. around hotels as a slop hopper and privy combined; and consists, mainly, in: forming. an. oblong or oval hopperofhon 'orrosivemateriar or metal, which is attached tog the framework ofthe privy, above the vault, having a suitable hole or opening, over H whichthe suspended cover shuts by gravity when a 1 weight is raised; the back portion of the'privy-cover shutting into a ledge formed by a projection placed .-on the top of .theinner edge or side of Ithevault-lin ing or slop-hopper, which 'prevents the; back part of 1 the cover from being raisedor elevated by the acciden talfalling or displacement of a weight which holds the cover suspendedab the vault when the privy is used asa. slop-hopper. "In the center: of theweight which is attached to the end of a" cord for suspending the privy-seat is an opening for the introduction of the endof a jointed folding arm which'isattached to the door of the privy, I and the end of :the weight. is provided with -an elastic cushion, so as,to av (1 noise and friction in dropping. ln thedrawing a j 1 Figure lrepresents a elevation of a privy emy bodying my improvements, with seats elevated.

I Figure 2showsa plan (was slotted straps by which i the seat is held under the projection ofjthe slop-hopper, and in "which it slideson the vertical rods.

Figure 3 is an edge view of the same.

To enable others skilledin theart towhich my invention *appertains to make and use the, same, I will 'now 'proceed to descr efully my improved device. with r A represents the] oblong slop-hopper, which I conwhichis attachedltopthe sides of the vault by nails or otherwise; y I 3 l The hopper is made with inclined sides, and'is provided withari oval opening of the desired size, so that all 'slops will pass down the inclined sides and into the vault beneath, without lodgment, when the seat is ele- FRAlIKQRIEDEh: or, SAN

struct of lead or other non-corrosive material, and.

FRANCISCO, catrronnm;

tl tters r ant No. 115,239, dated May '23, 1871.

1 IMPROVEMENT IN PRIVIES.

schedule referred? to in these Letters Patent making part of the same.

vated and when lowered the seat covers and shields the sides of the hopper, and only a direct commnnication with the vault is had through the opening in the seat and hopper,

A projection, O, is attached to the rear edge of the hopper, which forms a ledge, so that the back edge of the seat will pass under the projection and not fly up orbe unbalanced by coining in contact with the plunger or spring I, which is intended to open a valve and conveywater to the hopper, as in an ordinary closet, whether the said spring or plunger-rod beIplaced at the side or front of the vault-frame, while the person occupying the privy will prevent the front edge from raising by the position of the body against or upon the seat,'eithcr standing or sitting down.

In order to obtain suflicientplay of the seat to admit of its passing under the projection the straps D D are slightly bent upward, and the edge of the seat cut away a little and provided with oblong slots E E,- so that as the seat moves down on the vertical rods 0, a it will pass below the projection, still guided by .the rods, and move into the groove or ledge.

In my present invention the end of the weight E is provided with an India-rubber cushion a little larger ..than the circumference of the \veight'itself, so that friction against the side of the privy and noise in drop-- .inmy former specification, and which I think will be more fully appreciated, as the weightis not-so liable to become dislodged and fall down. i

The operation of my present invention is so nearly similar in its details to that of my former invention that an elaborate description in this connection may be deemed unnecessary. i

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut isj 1 The combination of the seat, rods, straps D, and projection G, as described.

2. Incombination with the weight F, having an opening, G, and cushioned end, the jointed arm H attached to'the door, as described, and for-the purpose set forth. 7 i

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

FRANK RIEDEL. [L. s.]

Witnesses: g (J. W. M. SMITH,

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